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Is there a way to fix my side profile? I feel like my face is very pushed. (Photo)

side_confileJan 29, 2021
I think my face looks decent from the front, but my side profile looks (and I say this as a dog lover) very 'pug-like'. Fantastic look on a cute housepet, not such a great look on a human male. What procedure can help remedy this?

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Dr. Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
Answered on Feb 1, 2021
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